Ever thought of downloading Windows Updates from their site without using ‘Automatic Updates’? If you are a ‘techie’ you must have thought of it at least once. Here is a simple way to do this :

1. Go to the Windows Update Web Site. Make sure you open it in Internet Explorer, for some reason this site wont open in any other browsers!
2. In the left panel, under Other Options, select “Personalize Windows Update”.
3. Under “Set Options for Windows Update”, select the checkbox for “Display the Link to Windows Update Catalog under ‘See Also’”, then click “Save Settings”.
4. Go back to the Windows Update web site.
5. In the left pane, under “See Also”, select “Windows Update Catalog”.
6. Select “Find Updates for Microsoft Operating Systems”.
7. Select the operating system and language of your choice.
8. Select “Critical Updates and Service Packs”.
9. Select all of the patches you’d like to download.
10. Then click on “Go to download basket” to download them..

Thats it!